Name-holder for mail-boxes.



'.E.. s. FITCH. NAME HOLDER FOB, MAIL BOXES, APIALIUYATION FILED FBB.15, 1911.

- 9997 Patented June 13, 1911.

7 "UNITED-'STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

EDWARD -S. FITCH, OF WAYLAND, MICHIGAN.

NAME-HOLDER FOB. MAIL-BOXES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentedi Vv1111 i3, Application filed February i5, 1911. Serial No. 608.734

provision of a holder of this character in-v .which letters may be seculymounted-to along a rural free delivery route, so that the mail box may conveniently show the number of the route and the .name of vthe user of the said box.

i520 Another object' of the invention is the provision of .a name holder in which the letters thereof may be. readily and easily adjusted or removed therefrom for altering the nameof theuserfof the box, and when 25. mounted in the holder will be securely held against v,longitudinal displacement therein,'

the initial letters -of the name of such person being divided by means of members designating dots, each being formed of a face plate mounted upon the head of a bolt member which serves to support said plate and also to secure the holder to the lid or cover of a rural free'delivery mail box.

A' further object of the invention isI the provislonef a holder Iin which the letters designating*the name of the user of the rural mail box are mounted in guides,which dare pinched or contracted between said letters, so as tosustain the latter in their adjusted position and prevent them from becomingdisplaced Withinthe'holder, it being understood of course that in lieu of the letters, other characters or numerals may be substituted.

'A still further object of the invention is the provision. of a holder ofthis character 'andthe letters therefor jwhich are' .simple in construction, and inexpensive in manufac-- With these and 'other objects in view, the

55 pointed out inlthe claim hereunto appended.

the drawings: 1 is a perspective designate the Vname of a person residing applied to its lid or cover. Fig. 2 is a fragview of a mail box,showing theinvention f mentary enlarged Vtop plan view vof the holder andthe letters thereformounted in the same. -F ig. 3 is a sectional` viewf on theline 3 3 of Fig. 2. F ig. leis'a sectional view on the line 4-4 ofFhig. 2.

Similar reference charactersindicatecorresponding parts throughout the 'several views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 5i 'designates the body and`6 the hinged lid or cover of a rural free delivery mail box, Y

which is ofthe ordinary well-knownconi struction, and lis merely shown for the pur- 'pose of .illustrating the manner of mounting the name holder-and the letters therefor, as

will be hereinafter more fully described.

The name holder comprises a flat narrow elongated base plate 7, preferably constructed from metal, although the same maybe .made from any other suitablel material,

should it be desired, and has its opposite,

' with the length of the plate 7, and slidably engaged therewith is a plurality of letters 10, the same beingarranged to designate the name of the user of the mailbox. These letters 10 are sepa-rated the required distance from eachjother, and thereafter they iianges 9 are instruck, as at 11, between the said 'letters 10, so as to prevent the jamming together or longitudinal displacement of the saidflettersafter the same have been adjusted in' the holder, the instruck portions 11 of the" ianges 9 dontacting with the base plate 7 and forming undulations in the said flanges 9 between the letters, thus locking lthe outerends of the let-ters engaged in the guide flanges 9 to prevent displacement thereof longitudinally along the base plate forming the holder therefor.

The `bar-:e plate at opposite Aends is provided with suitable openings through which are passed bolt members 12 which are also engaged in the lid'or cover 6 of the mail box for the secure v mounting of the base plate exteriorly upon the same. l

' 9 of the holder.

Between the initial letters or those designating the initial of the Christian and middle names of the user of the mail box are disposed bolt members, the saine being 'passed through the base plate 7 and the lid or cover 6 of the box, thus serving as supplemental fasteners for the holder. The heads 14 of the bolt members 13 have soldered or otherwise secured thereto squareshaped plates 15 designating dots separating i the initial letters of the name of a person the initials and last name of a person formed by the letters Will stand out boldly'froin the holder-When the latter and the letters therein have been mounted upon the mail box. Also, it is to be understood that in lieu of the letters, other characters may be held within the holder, suchas the numerals 16 or Thus, it will be seen that.-

if desirable, the holders may be made, such as is shown in the drawings, each holder being of an identical construction as the other. ln other words, the numerals 16 are held between the holder which is constructed identically with the holders for the letters, as has been hereinbeforefully described.

lVhat is claimed is:

An attachment of the class described, comprisingv a support, a base plate having upbent and inturned marginal flanges at its longitudinal edges, indicia characters er1- gaged under the flanges, the said flanges being instruok between the indicia characters, whereby the same will be held separated and yagainst displacement uponthe base plate, means for fastening the base plate to the support, and' fasteners passed through t-lie base plate and such support between certain of said characters and having face plates carried thereby designating dots.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

I EDVARD S. FITCH. Witnesses J. H. SARGENT, L. D. CHAPPLE. 

